Effect of muscle fatigue of the thoracic erector spinae on neuromuscular control when performing the upper extremity functional tasks in people with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

ABSTRACT: Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) disrupts spinal alignment and increases the intrinsic demand for active stabilization to maintain postural stability. Understanding the paraspinal muscle fatigability and its effects on spinal alignment and kinematics informs the importance of paraspinal muscle endurance for postural stability. This study aims to investigate the effects of fatigue of thoracic erector spinae on the spinal muscle activity and spinal kinematics in individuals with scoliosis. Spinal muscle activity, posture and mobility measured by electromyography and surface tomography were compared between 15 participants with scoliosis and 15 age- and gender-matched healthy controls during unilateral shoulder flexion and abduction with and without holding a 2-kg weight and performed be

SUBMITTER: Chan RYH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9882757 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature